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Friday, June 12, 2009

The Marshmallow Test

If you haven't tasted French marshmallow/guimauve in Paris... You have a treat in store - chocolate-covered marshmallows at Pain De Sucre... Called Nounours after the kid's treats shaped like bears - here they're made into a lollypop for adults! I'm fascinated by French attachment to the penny candy of their childhood - they never give it up! It's transformed into the most sophisticated of treats like this pink pack - $12 bucks for a stack of pink marshmallows.Gerard Mulot's stack of mallows is only 6 euros... You'll find marshmallows high and low-end everywhere in Paris. Stacks of them at the Salon du Chocolat...

La Mere du Famille gets me every time (4.50 euros) and worth every penny/centime! You taste the delicate flavors and the sugar is an undertone - hard to believe I know...

I don't love marshmallows (probably not even French guimauves) but I DO love Paris Breakfasts! How do you keep coming up with these ideas? What a fertile mind you have, and what a fantastic eye.Berkshire Tsarina

I like american traditional marshmallows, especially for the BBQ they are the must!I will be off to Paris at the end of this month, so I will try the french marshmallos. (Not the Kitty ones; too pity to eat.)

I discovered your blog about a month ago, as I was planning our current trip to Paris. Every day, before my husband and I left the States for another Parisian vacation, and after we arrived here (we're staying in the 6th), I look forward to Paris Breakfasts.We feel guilty for indulging in the pleasure of your excellent photography, art and clever points of view.If you are currently in Paris, we would love to take you out for a drink.

When I get the craving for roasted marshmallows, I will sometimes stick one on a metal grilling skewer and roast it over a candle! Nothing like that charred sweetness. Have a great weekend, Carol. Beautiful illustration as always!

Thank you for sharing these marshmallows. I saw them for the first time last year when i went to Paris and fell in love with them. I then tried making some at home and ordered from different American companies, but i think I will have to go back to Paris to "savor" the marshmallows again. I have not seen any Parisian style marshmallows in L.A. yet. Are there places in New York? Mary

i love guimauve! it's so much better than regular marshmallows.i make my own guimauve, but it's never as good as the stuff you get in paris. i think parisians are magic - they can make anything taste otherworldly. even a simple salad or hot chocolate.i was actually planning on making lavender guimauve next weekend. or chocolate-covered raspberry nounours?